The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-11 00:00:00

Rc h sagreed to. Witness told him to make haste, or his fare wou ake a hole in the pension. That was at a quarter before ten o'clock. The prisoner went away, and witness saw no more of him until a quarter after four. Even then he refused to pay the fare, until he was again safely lande at aLondon bridge. W.Aen they got down there, the prisoner moat magnanimously offered the sum of 3s. Witness, of course, could rot receive that, and demanded Bs., which was even under his fare, sus he then only charged for six hours, at Is. 4d. per hour. He retbsed to give more than 35., and was given into custody. The officer produced 3/. 2s. 4%d., which he found upon the person cf the prisoner. As he did not deny any of the fact:, the Worthy ALDERMAN said if they would so foolkhly treat:themselves with cab riding, they must pay the men they employ. He ordered the officer to pay the demand out of the prisoners money. A number of young thieves were sent to Bridewell, having been taken In the act of picking pockets in the crowd round the fire. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) TIPLING CADMEN.—William Ballbrook, a cabriolet-driver, was Charged by Laurier, of the F division; who stated that, at twelve o'clock last night, he found the prisoner's cab and horse standing for 25 minutes at the door of a public house in Long Acre. On his way to the Crean-yard he was followed by the prisoner, who assaulted him in the execution of his duty, and collected a mob round him. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had only just that mo ment stepped in to have a throw of gin ; and, if he assaulted the police man, it was in consequence of the irritation he felt when he found his Vehicle gone. Sir F. Itox said he would mitigato the penalty from 51. to 10s., and, in default, the prisoner should go to prison for a month. John Holmes, another cabriolet-driver, was charged by policeman Clark, who found him, at eleven o'clock last night, wandering about the Strand, incapable of taking care of himself or his unfortunate horse. The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of ss. BELL-RINGIN(I.—Henry Bowmen was charged by West of the F division, with being drunk, and ringing bells at several houses in Broad-court, this morning, at three o'clock. The prisoner ran into Drury-lane, but, being interrupted by the snow, he was taken into cus tody. After declaring his innocence, Sir F. ROE said he could only suppose the offence was committed through intoxication, and the prisoner should pay ss. for his intem perance. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Jig. 10.—The weather has been very thick all day, with heavy snow, so as to prevent the appearance of any vessel in the Downs. The wind soon after noon shifted from E. by N. to S.S.W., and is now )5 p.m.) S.S.E., moderate, with snow. - , PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind N.N.E. to N., weather boisterous.— Arrived and sailed the Apolline, Rogers, for Jamaica. SEAFORD, JAF. 10 —Arrived off port the Rachel, Abbott, from Ter. ceira ; Kate, Orley, from Seville; Howard, Flor, from Hamburg, being leaky, and must discharge, having been on shore near to New York. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 10 —Wind E S.E.—The Jackall, from Cape Coast, was assisted in here with 8 feet water in her bold and pumps choked, bound to London, FALMOUTH, Jere. 9.—Wind E.N.E. to N.E., strong breezes.—Ar rived the Senegal, Hewit, from St. Domingo, leaky, lost boats, &c., bound to Havre; and Westminster, Moore, from New York, sailed the 20th December. Sailed the Hind, Post office steamer; and Ramona, On a cruise. PENZANCE. JAN. 10.—Arrived off port the Archbald, Campbell, and Ratcliffe, Drummond, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Hutt, JAN. 10.— Arrived the Anna, Ledsted, from Wyburg. LIVERPOOL, JAa. 10.—Wind E.N.E —Arrived the Elvira, Simpson, from Calcutta, Off port th• Deucalion, from New Orleans; and Me dora, from Mobile. BEAT/MARIS, JAG. 9.—Arrived the Mary, Gray, from Nassau. LOWESTOFFE, JAF. 10.—ArriTCd Off port the Walter Scott, from Leith, leaky, with loss of rudder, bound to London. THE FUNDS. -(THIS DAY.) CITY; TWELVE O'CLOCK. The great calamity which happened last night in the City, of the total destruction of the Royal Exchange, and the sur rounding shops, by fire, has caused great bustle, and put a stop to all business. The origin of the fire is at present un known : some say it occurred in the Captains' Room at Lloyd's; others in the kitchen. The interior of the 'Change is entirely filled with the ruins and fallen walls, which, up to the present hour, are burning, and throwing up large volumes of smoke. A number of engines are continually playing near Svreeting's-alley, which is a very narrow passage, to prevent the opposite houses from taking fire. Mr. French, the chronometer and watch-maker, who had a very large stock of plate and jewels in his house in this place, has fortunately saved them in time. Great fear is entertained that the fire will communicate to his premises, as it is now raging on that side, where the firemen are labouring very hard to prevent further destruction, as the wind has shifted] to the south-west. It is stated that most part of the books, at Lloyd's have been saved, but no calculation can be made at present of the loss sustained. The underwriters have removed their business this morning to the Jerusalem Coffee-house, where Lloyd's book is stationed, on which there are but few arrivals. An extraordinary occurrence took place at twelve o'clock last night, being the last hour that the Royal Exchange chimes play; it struck up " There's nae luck about the house," at the moment Lloyd's rooms were in a blaze. It was an unfortunate circumstance that the man who has the keys of the gates of the Royal Exchange lives at Green wich, which prevented for some time the engines getting into the 'Change. At length they broke open the gates and en tered ; but the fire had already made great progress. Up to the present hour wo do not hear of any lives being lost. TIIE FUNDS. Consols may be quoted at 924 i for the Account, with little or nothing doing ; Exchequer Bills, 4d., 52 54 ; India Bonds, 52 54 ; Bank Stock, 204 205. Spanish Active, 10 4 1 -21 ; Portuguese, 2N- 30 ; Three per Cents., 198 i ; Brazilian, 721 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 524- i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS sank Stock 204 2 per Cent. ,t&, . 911,i 34 3 per Cent. Cons. 90 ,i1i 3i Nper Cent.............. ...... Ditto Iced. ,» .. 9 8% 9 New 314 per cent... 9•3141(, New 5 per Cent.. .. ......... Bank LocgAnnuitleato expire Jan. 5, 18430 I4Y Oct. 10. 1959 14% 11-45 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, In , April 5, tac0..... Jan. 5, 1870„.... __PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds lo l ,i Ditto Account . — Brazilian Bonds ~..„, ... ...... Ditto Account .. 711 1i 1 414 /limos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account ...... ....... .0 — Chilhan Bends Ditto Account CAumbiar. Bonds — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824... Ditto Account Danish Bond s .. .... Ditto Account Oreek Bons: , Ditto Bonds, 1925 Ditto Account Mexican Ilon4s, 5 per cent — Ditto Account .......„ .... Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account Neap01itan........, PRICES OF SII ARES TI! S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Staii.... .... — Ditto Bonds 52 54 p , r. South sea Sock — Oldknnnitic ....... .......- — Nt iv Ditto — 3 re:: Ccnt. Annuities, ;751_ Exch. Built, .f.1, , .)00 5 3 55 orn Ditto 5 O, ii 3 56 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — Pm Bank Stock for Account — Indlii Stock for Account — C.P'4OiS, for Accannt 92 M4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds — Ditto Account . Drtuguese Bonds ........ : Ditto Account. — Ditto New Bonds 29s Ditto Account ............... atto, 3 per cent........ Prussian Bonds Russian Bemis, 1E522 Ditto Account Ditto ...... Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto 80nd5,1835 2O i a 4 Ditto Account 1234 French, 5 per cent...... —f ------ 4 per cent per cent. Lxchange Dutch, aye per cent 52N% Ditto Account Ditto, per cent IOIH % Ditto Account DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Par Share. Great Western Railway Company 67% 4 Brighton Railway Conapani London and BlaCkwall Railway IS% London an d S out h ampton (New) Railway2o4 ,: anchester ash Leeds Railway C ompany HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK Tho city remains in a great state of agitation ; the fire now rages only in the inner parts; the exterior parts on fire are nearly subdued ; but at the present time the engines con tinue playing all round the Exchange. The tower still re mains, but a mere shell, and it is announced in danger of fall ing by the City Surveyor. The only statue remaining is Charles the Second in the centre of the Royal Exchange entire. We understand that the Lord Mayor has given permission to the merchants, that Guildhall is to be in future adopted as the Royal Exchange for business, until a new one is rebuilt. At present the Jerusalem Coffee-house is crowded with the under-writers ; the most important circumstance is, that a great quantities of books at Lloyd's have been saved. There is a meeting of the Committee of Lloyds' holding at present with closed doors ; consequently to the present hour nothing is known. A great concourse of persons are assembled round the Royal Exchange to view tho ruins. In the British and Foreign Funds scarce a bargain is doing. Consols have been during the morning at 924 ,a for the Ac count; Exchequer Bills, lid. per day, 53 55; India Bonds, 52 54 ; Bask Stock, 204. In the Foreign Market business remains in a stagnant state, Spanish Active 191. with Coupons ; Portuguese 29i; Three Per Cents In-; Brazil 72,i; Dutch 21, 522- TintEl 0 CLOCL _ _ (_,SING PRICES. I , UN DS, Omni um India Stock ;.)itto &orda Smith Sea Stock Ditto Old Aimuiti,s Ditto New ..... 234 d. 55 pm Dittc. 5001 55 pm Ditto 5001 55 pm dank Stock for Opr )g. laths Stock for Act. ...... — Cons°lc for Act. FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, Now Ditto 291.;, Prussian, 5 per cent. — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent l9 14 Ditto. Consolidates! — French, 5 pet cent ... —c. Ex , hangß French, 3 per cent 79f. 50.• Dutch, 2i per cent. Consols for the Asooust, 92% THE FUNIJS.—C BRITISH isldnk Stock 264% per Cent. Bed. 91% a per Cent. C ons 9, 7/ 3, , per Cent. a% per Cent. Red. 99 New 3% per Cent 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire "55 18(10 l4 13-16 Oct 1650 l4 11-16 Jan. 1860 .... 14% TO REIG I Austrian, 5 per cent — A elgian, 5 per cen t lOl% Brazilian 13wids Uuernts Ayres, 6 per colt— Chilian 6 per cent _ Columbian, 6 per cent. Ditto, 11 24 ban, 3 per cen' Gr eek Bonds, 025,5 per cent. Me xican, 5 per cent. _ Ditto, 6 per cent., 18:25 Ceruvten, 1225, 6 per cent, SHARES. - ----- --- Gre.it West ern R a il way 6 7 14 London and Brighton Railway 44' London and Brighton Railway (Rennie's) London and Greenwich Railway 194 London and Southampton (New) ~.. Manchester an d L ee d s Ra i lway No other variations in the Prices of SiuLres since our One o'ci,c List. CLIMAX.—,.j stood in the deserted halls of my fath er —I gazed round on the bare wails and down the hollow sounding corridors—l cried aloud—' The friends of my early Yout h ---where are they ? where ? and Echo answered— `R:ally I don't know.' 0 T he 'mercury in Reaumur's thermometer was this rning at 9 deg. below Zero (at 114 Fahrenheit, or 22i be- Pi fre ezing point.) CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Fer the Week ended Jan. 5, 15:34, made up from th e R eturns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat s9s. 4d. I Oats Barley oSs. 10:1.-j Ilye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEI. YS PRECEDING. Wheat 523.10 d. Oats B ar l e y 29s. Id Rye ---- ---• DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. NVhcat Barley iSs. 4d. Rye THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish not plentiful, and dearer. Turbot, ss. to 255. for very capital. Lobsters, 9d. to 2s. fur large ; Soles scarce, 9d to 2s. for large ; Cod, Is. ad. and 2s. to Bs. and 9s. Butchers' Meat sells briskly at higher prices ; Beef, 7d. to 9d. ; Mutton, 7d. to Sid. ; Veal, 7d. to 9id. ; Perk, 7d. to Sad. Hay and Clover ss. per load higher. Vegetables scarce and dearer. CITY FISH MARKET. Supply to-day sc:acer and paces higher, witb a good demand. Soles 6d. to is per pair fjr large and scarce ; Lobsters, 6d. and 9d. to 2s. fbr arge; Turbot, fis. and 7s. up to 30s. for the top price ; Cud, to 88. Os. and 10s. ; and other kinds in proportion. . - PROVISION MARKET. This market continues very firm for every commodity, and Dutch Butter must be quoted at the advanced price of 110 s, This is the top price. No other price altered. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. today is still quoted at 480., but business is altogether sus pended by the fire at the Royal Exchange —as indeed is busine , s in every other commodity. COLONIAL MARKETS. The calamitous fire at the Royal Exchange has brought business to a stand here, as well as every where else; parties are all dispersed, and there is nothing doing worthy of notice either by public sale or private contract. For to.day we had no public sales advertised, except for a little Coffee and Ginger. The bulk of the sales to day are Drugs, but these do not commence until evening. Under these circumstances no correct quotations of colonial produce can be given. The tendency of last prices was rather downwards for Bengal Sugar and Ceylon Coffee ; but other descriptions of produce, such as Rice, Spices, Cotton, and most kinds of Coffee, do not show that inclination. The imports arc now very insignificant. HAY MARKETS.—(At par Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. (*Janie heavy Lowlan d Meadow Hay,..„..............: ,14 15 t, £5 0 . New Meadow Hay 6 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and I/ ye-graee Hay. 5 5 5 10 Clover Hay. Oat Straw £1 16 to £1 iM 1 Wheat Straw ...... ...... 1 16 :I 0 SMITHFIELD. Coasse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 15 to Xi 0 t•Zcw Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Umefiil Old Ditto 5 0 5 5 Flee Upland Meadow and Rye grass Ha- Clever Hay (extra fine , 5 13 Generallys 5 S 10 Oat Straw 11 14 tv 11 16 I Wheat Straw WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay .X 4 II t• 14 15 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Up/and Meadow and nye•grass Hay Clover Hay 5 0 6 0 Old Straw £l 12 to L'l II l Wheat Straw COAL MAI Per Ton. e. A Arrair's . Bensham Burdoti Chester Main Heliburn Main Holywell 2'2 3 Ord's Redhugh Russell's High Main :20 3 South Hartley 2l 0 Tar:field 23 3 Townley 2O 6 Wylam 2'2 6 Walls End I:ell and Brown Mills End Bewicke and Cc 24 6 Walls End Brown's Walls End Clark and Co l9 ti Walls End Gosfoith Walls End Heaton 2, 3 Walls End Hilda 24 • Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingwortli Walls End Lanchester, Stan hope and Tyne Company Ships arrived sin ce 1. KET.—Jan. 10. Pei Ton a. d. Walls End Newmarch 23 6 Walls End Northumberland 23 6 Wall. End Riddell's! Walls End Belmont Walls End Braddyll's Helton 25 9 Walls End Haswell ......... Walls End Hetton 'A 9 Walk End Lambton 2535 Walls End Mussel's Heston 26 6 Walls End Stewari's ' 5 9 Walls End Hartlepool 25 9 Walls End Adelaide 24 9 Walls End Barrington Walls End Gordon 24 3 Walls End St. Helen's Tees 2l 9 Walk End South Durham 24 6 ',Val is End Tees 24 9 Walls End Seymour Walls End Victoria Teo. 22 9 Blythe iB ti Cowpen 2l 0 Elsicar Llanelly Main 2l) 0 last marl:et-day, Id THE PLAGUE. DRESDEN, DEC. 29.—1 t is reported that Lusit is receiving the Gottingen professors and the numerous students at Leip sic. Negotiations are set on foot for engaging some of these professors. Duhlmann and the elder Grimm, are spoken of for the university of Leipsic. ODRSSA, DEC. 17.—The consternation which has seized the inhabitants is difficult to be described. We had hitherto hoped that the efforts of the authorities would prevent the plague from spreading beyond the quarter in which it began ; bqt all exertions and prudence are useless and vain where the instru ments employed are incapable. This is unhappily the case here; the soldiers employed in hindering the communication by gin to be attacked, which proves that, in spite of all instructi-)ns, they have had intercourse with the inhabitants of the infected quarters. One of them carried the disorder into the barracks of the engineers, where it broke out yesterday, and two per sons are already dead. As those soldiers are in constant communication with the inhabitants, especially the poorer classes, the consequences are incalculable. There were again two new cases in the house of Tuckeff, and also the inmates (except M. Tuckeff himself), 17 in number, were conveyed to the Lazaretto yesterday ; there were two cases in the tem porary military hospital of Moldawnuk, in which there had been no trace of the disorder. New cases continue to occur in the other houses of the suburbs. Hitherto above 100 persons have died of the plague, and only three recovered.—Allge meine Zeitung, Jan. 6. FRENCH CORN AVERAGES. The following are the a verage prices of wheat in France at the end of December in each year during the undermentioned 19 years, from 1819 to 1837, the whole reduced into English measure and money : Per Hectolitre. Per Quarter. f. c. s. d. 1819 ••• 14 86 equal to 34 1 1820 ••• 19 90 ••• 45 7 1821 ... 14 93 ... 54 3 1822 ... 16 3 ... 36 9 1823 ... 15 67 •.• 35 10 1824 .•• 15 1 ••• 34 4 1825 ••• 15 52 ... 3a 6 1826 ••• 15 90 ••• 36 5 1827 .. 21 67 ... 49 7 1828 ••• 22 91 ... 52 6 1829 ••• 21 a ••• 48 2 1830 ... 22 23 ... 51 0 1831 ... 22 18 ... 50 10 1832 ••• 18 0 ... 41 3 1833 ••• 14 87 .. 34 1 1824 ... 15 62 ... 35 g 183 ••• 14 68 ... 33 8 1836 ... 17 32 ••• 39 8 1837 ••• 17 92 ... 41 1 The aver age o f t h e w h o l e per i od i s 17f. 70c. per hectolitre, which is equal to 40s. 6d. per quarter ; and it wia be per ceived that the average of I 835 is the lowest of the whole pe riod, and, moreover, that the last return in December, 1837, differs but 7d. per quarter from the average of the whole period. To compare the average prices of wheat in France with those of England and Wales, it is necessary to add 20 per cent. to the latter for difference in the quality of the wheat, and the difference in the mode of taking the averages, and it then appearing that the average price of wheat in England and Wales for the six weeks ending the 29th ult., is 535. the quarter; this, with the addition of 20 per cent., makes 635. 7d., and the average price of wheat in France at the same period being 41s. Id. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 51.77 per cent. dearer in England than in France. The Duke of Bedford arrived in Paris last week, where his Grace is stopping at the Hotel Meurice. The Earl and Countess of Verulam have returned to Gorhambury, from Coombe Abbey. On the Ist of Feb. the family will return to Gros Tenor-square. CAUTION TO HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS. —A fortnight ago, two gentlemanly dressed persons rang the bell at one of the principal Hotels at the West end of the town, and enquired if they could accommodate a party to din ner the following day. They were accordingly ushered by the waiter into the drawing-room, when the landlord entered full of " bows and sweet smiles," and after they had arranged as to the number and the hour of dining—" I trust, Sir," en quired one, " you have some very fine sherry ?" " Particularly fine," added the landlord_...“ perhaps, gentlemen, now you are here, you will do me the favour to taste it." They both had no objection. The bottle of sherry was accordingly introduced, and as soon dispatched. The gentlemen expressed themselves quite satisfied with its quality, and immediately took their de parture. The dinner, as a matter of course, was provided the next day, but the gentlemen never made their appearance. Yesterday they again bad the impudence to call at the same hotel on a similar mission; unfortunately the landlord happened to be from home, or they would have been given into custody. They are both fine looking young men ; one has a military appearance, wears a cloak, and seems as though he had lately returned from the Continent. The other carries a most quiet and clerical deportment. It is to be hoped this description of the parties will prevent others from being similarliy im posed upon. Two boys, named Blackwell and Bishop, were de tected in the act of robbing the shop of Mr. Morris, draper, Hereford, in the following ingenious and novel manner :—Mr. Morris having had the gla-les of his window cut several times, and several pieces of silk handkerchiefs stclen, did not mend the window the last time, merely putting a piece ofpaper over the hole; he then tied a string to a piece of handkerchiefs, which he placed in the window, and attached a piece of white paper to the end of the cord, which was placed on the counter. An officer was placed out of sight to watch the paper, on seeing which move he rushed out of the shop and seized the young thieves in the very act of pocketing their plunder. The little depredators have confessed to having broken the shop window several times and robbed the place of handkerchiefs. — Hereford Gazette. FALLING STONES. —An account has been received from Brazil of the appearance of a meteor of extraordinary brightness, large as th e b a ll oons used by the aoronauts. It rtesseen for mere than sixty l eagues in the province of Ceara; a nd s ; village r e stwitha of f oise like th un d er , an d an i mmense Macao, a t th e entrance o f t h e Ri o tiu q uantity of stones fell from it, i n a li ne extending more than a s burst ten leagues. The largest p ort i on fell at the entrance of the dwellings, and buried themselv e s several feet in the PBn . 1 . No human liC was lost, but many oxen were hi:led, and others severely hurt. The . weight of th ose taken out of the san d varied from one to eighty pounds._Liverpool Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1838, oESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. For many years London has not been ♦isited by co ca lamitous a fire as that which broke out last night at the R )yal Exchange. Of the whole of that noble building there remains standing this morning nothing but the charred and ruined skeleton ! The structure itself is totally de stroyed, and we fear the value rather than the actual amount of property consumed is beyond calculation. We found it quite impossible, even upon the most dili- gent inquiry, to ascertain anything of the origin of this dis astrous occurrence upon which reliance can be placed. In the extreme confusion which prevailed—amid the variety of rumours and accounts that were afloat, it is not easy to fix upon any particular detail which can be regarded as strictly trustworthy. We believe, however, that about half-past ten o'clock one of the watchmen of the Bank discovered the fire in Lloyd's Coffee-house, in the north-east corner of the quad rangle which constitutes the Royal Exchange. An alarm was immediately given, but before any engines had arrived (and they were on the spot, we learn, with very little delay), the fire had caught the northern side of the Exchange, and was burning with great fierceness and rapidity. It was a considerable time before any supply of water could be pro cured, and even then there seemed to be great difficulty in reaching the fire, except from within, which we may term the court-) and of the Exchange. For a considerable time, as we were informed, it was found impossible to effect an entry. The gates were closed, and it was not until the fire had burnel its way into the very heart of one side of the quadrangle that admittance was obtained into the Ex; change, and then, unhappily, the admittance was of no use. The Lord Mayor, some of the Aldermen, and many of the most respectable citizens, were able to enter the court ; but it was only to look upon the progress of the ruin which they were unable to arrest. Our readers are aware that the apart ments of the Exchange, at least the upper story, were separated from each other by nothing more than thin par titions—the whole constituting a quadrangular gallery of the extent of the building. It may be easily imagined that the fire, when it had once caught hold of a portion of such a structure, spread with the most ruinous rapidity. At twelve o'clock the flames had acquired such an ascendancy that it was obvious that the whole structure must fall a prey. In the meantime Threadneedle-street was broken up, and the engines at full play ; but the fire seemed to defy the exertions of the brigade and the staffs of the dif ferent insurance companies. The western side of the quadrangle was already enveloped in flames, which were spreading with so much rapidity as to justify the precautions of the inhabitants of Cornhill, who were removing their pro perty and effects to places of safety. The military from the Bank had been called on at 'an early hour of the night, and though assisted by a large force of the City police, they were found insufficient to preserve anything like order in such a scene of fearful confusion. Not that the crowd displayed the slightest disposition, either in their eagerness to gratify their curiosity or through a worse mo tive, to embarrass those who were en g aged in the dis charge of their very ar d uous d ut i es. On the contrary, we have never seen so large a concourse of people assem bled upon such an occasion behave with more propriety or decorum. It was found necessary, however, to send a messenger to the Tower for an additional military force, and after their arrival, about half past twelve o'clock, the utmost order and regularity were preserved. At that hour the fire bad reached the southern side of the quadrangle, and the gallery of the façade was one blaze. In Cornhill an abundant supply of water was obtained, but, even though thrown in the immense quantities in which it was, it. seemed to produce not the slightest effect in staying the progress of the fire. At one o'clock two sides of the quadrangle might be said to be totally destroyed, and the flames were rapidly mounting to the beautiful spire that rose over the entrance from the centre of the southern side. The bells of the clock chimed half-past one, while the very faame-work in which they were set was on fire. At this moment—if one's mind could be divested of a feeling of deep dismay and regret—the ap pearance which the whole edifice presented was grand and imposing in the extreme. Three sides of the square were one mass of fire, while the flames were rapidly ga thering round the cupola of the belfry. To the immense mass of people, who were literally wedged in in the street, the fall of these old and well-known bells was a matter of exciting interest. The whole octave of them— we believe there were so many—were distinctly visible, and no little alarm was created by the prospect of their fall, it might be, into the very centre of the street. By a judicious,' though not very legitimate, use of the engine hose, the populace were kept at a prudent distance until the iron frame-work of the bells, reddening in the fire, broke from their stauncheons, and the whole came thun dering through the building like the discharge of a park of artillery. One, however, remained swaying to and fro, until one of the granite pillars of the belfry was forced into the street with a tremendous crash. The whole of the buildings under the arcade at the south side were in a few moments enveloped in flames ; and at half-past three o'clock the eastern, the only remaining, side of the qua drangle was on fire. From the impossibility of getting any of the engines into Sweeting's-alley, it was useless to attempt to preserve this portion of the building ; and in less than five hours from the outbreak of the conflagra tion there remained but a smoking mass of ruins in the place of that Exchange Which, since the reign of Charles 11., has been one of the most beautiful specimens of our metropolitan architecture. It would be quite impossible to farm any idea of the quantity of property which has been destroyed. From its nature and extent we fear the greatest and most compli cated embarrassments must be produced. Nor can we indulge a hope that any portion of it has bees rescued. Of the owners many reside in the country, and all were too distant to be available upon so sudden a notice. At one corner we observed the men of the fire brigade exerting themselves to burst open a door which for a considerable time resisted all the efforts of bars and hammers. At length the door gave way, and a moment afterwards the roof was in--one mass of living fire. We hate heard but of one serious accident. A man was much injured from some of the ruins hating fallen on him. The following accounts we hate received from different corrc ondents An event, which may be regarded as a national calamity, occured last night—the Royal Exchange is a heap of ruins —a destructive fire has laid waste this extensive commercial building, one of the most magnificent in Europe. Soon after ten o'clock last night the fire broke out in Lloyd's Coffee-room, at the north east corner of the edifice, oppo site the Bank of England. It was first discovered by one of the Bank watchmen, who gave the alarm at the gates, and the Bank engines were immediately brought. A strong body of the City police and night watchmen, and the sol diers on duty in the Bank, immediately repaired to the spot, and expresses were sent off in all directions to the fire-en gine stations, at which period no signs of any fire could be seen from the street. Considerable difficulty was experi enced in obtaining any entrance to the building, and when this was accomplished the flames broke through the windows with great fury, and drove the people back. The scene which ensued was a most extraordinary one : the whole neighbourhood was alarmed, and the tradesmen who held the small shops around the exterior of the build ing instantly commenced the removal of their goods. It was at once predicted that the whole building would be de stroyed, and this foreboding was realized too correctly. The Jefferies-square, Whitecross-street, Farringdon.street , Southwark-bridge-road, Holborn, Chandos-street, School house-lane, and Wellclose-square engines, with those be longing to the West of England, the Countyk)ffiee, several others, were all on the spot, with 63 of the fire brigade men, within an hour after the fire was discovered. Before any water could be thrown on the building, it was necessary to thaw the hose and works of the engines bY pouring hot water upon them, and this caused some delay. For some time afterwards, owing to the intense frost, there was great difficulty in working the engines, and the fire con tinued extending in a south-west direction, consuming the whole o f th e l ong range o f o ffi ces b e l ong i ng to the Royal Exchang e A ssuranc e C ompany. At twelve o' c lo c k th ese , an d Ll oy d' s esta bli s hment, the coffee- room , t h e capta i ns ' room, an d the o ffices of tke un derwriters, presented one body of flame, which shot up to a fearf u l h e i g h t, illuminating th e B an k St. Bartholomew's , St. Michael's, and St. Mary's churches. Every object was as visible as at noon-day, and the people had assembled in such large numbers that the police and military experienced great difficulty in keeping them beyond the reach of danger , which was very great, owing to the large quantities of burning timber falling every minute into the street. At this period it was found necessary to clear the interior of the area of the Exchange—Where for centuries our mer. chants have daily met—of the people collected there, owing to the density of the smoke and the rapid progress of the flames ; but many would not leave the covered walks until they were half suffocated, and a few were expelled vi et ar»zis for their own safety. The gates had been forced open with crow-bars at the commencement of the fire. At one o'clock the north and west sides of the Exchange were consumed, and the fire was rapidly approaching the new tower, which was erected about twenty years ago. The efforts of the firemen appeared not to have the least effet ; the flames ran over the building, mocking their ex ertions, although not less than twenty engines were at work ; indeed, for what good they seemed to do, they might as well have been unemp l oye d. Th e Lord Mayor and a great number of commercial gentlemen urged Mr. Braidwood to cut off the communication and save the remaining portion of the edifice. He explained that it was impossible--the building was so connected together with one continuous roof, and there was such an immense volume of flame, that it would he fatal to any man who ascended the budding. No one could doubt the accuracy of Mr. Braidwood's opinion, and the fire continued its work of destruction, proceeding- from floor to floor, and running along the corridors with the greatest rapidity. At two o'clock the flames reached the tower, and the 'terror and excitement of the assembled multitude is Cornhill, Man sion-house-street, and the Poultry were extreme. A hun dred thousand voices murmured, " It's reached the tower —it's all over !" The appearance of the frightful confla gration at this period was awful in the extreme ; the whole of the Exchange lay completely in one 111453 of flames, and the heat was so great that the firemen and auxiliaries could soareely pursue their labours near the burning mass. The splendid tower, nearly one hundred and filly feet in height, was reduced to ashes ; the musical peal of eight bells, with a tenor about IS cwt., and weighing about three tons, fell one after the other, carrying away everythi ng in thei r pro gress towards the pavement, including the roof and stone work, and the arch over the central entrance. The clock had a very singular effect while the tower was burning, which was no doubt visible at some considerable distance. The plates of the dials became red-hot, and the hands pointed to twenty-five minutes pest one o'clock when the works took fire, melting the chime-barrels and the machinery in a few minutes. It is utterly impossible to describe the scene which presented itself to the eyes of the spectators ; for although the sky was unclouded, and the moon shone bright with all its splendour, yet its celes tial brightness was totally obscured by the dense volumes of smoke and flames which issued from the ruins. A shower of fire was seen hovering over the houses to the south of the Exchange. On the tower being discovered to take fire, the Lord Mayor sent a messenger to the Tower for more troops to assist the civil power, and in a very short time a large body of soldiers arrived, some of whom took up a position on the south side of Cornhill, while others were ordered to assist the inhabitants in removing their pro perty to plums of safety. Cornhill was immediately cleared of the people, who, it is but justice to state, behaved in a very decorous manner ; and but one feeling, that of re gret, seemed to prevail. Everybody viewed the fire with astonishment and dismay, and the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the Bank and the adjoining church of St. Bartholomew, abutting on the north-east corner of the Exchange. The multitude frequently gave vent to their feelings by exclamations of " I hope the Bank will he saved l" They must preserve the old Church !" Fortunately the wind blew from the north, and both edifices remained untouched, and were made the repositories of large quantities of goods which were carried there. At half-past two o'clock a general opinion seemed to prevail that the offices of the Royal Naval Hospital, at the side of the .xchange, would not be reached ; and on a suggestion by some gentlemen present, several engines were ordered to be drawn up opposite Sweeting's-alley. On this being done, the hoses were conveyed to the roofs of the houses on the east side of the alley, which is a very narrow one, by which means the firemen had a perfect command over that portion of the Exchange, and torrents of water were discharged into the interior of the building ; but not withstanding all these efforts the flames rapidly ex tended, and the firemen were obliged to retreat in conse quence of the great heat. The persons employed at the engines worked t o th e i r u t most , many o f them up to their knees in water and ice, and they were encouraged in their efforts by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen present ; but, unfortunately, no one thought of obtaining any re freshment for the poor fellows. The firemen's coats were covered with ice, and the whole of Mansion-house -street, \ - yalbrook, Bucklerabury, and every thoroughfare in the vi cinity of the Exchange was covered with water, which soon becam e frozen. The Gresham lecture-room was totally consumed. A.t half-past three the north, west, and south sides of the immense building were burnt down ; and the flame s had reached the east side, threatening the entire de struction of the range of shops and dwelling-houses con nected with the Exchange, and forming the west-side of S weeting's-alley. The inhabitants on both sides of this narrow court succeeded in removing the greatest portion of their furniture and stocks in trade before the flames reached the alley, and goods to the amount of at l eas t .50,000/. were deposited in places of safety, but a good deal of heavy furniture could not be got out of the houses, and was sa crificed. ANOTHEIt ACCOUNT. At four o'clock the fire was still raging with unabated fury. The wind, which was blowing fresh all the night, had increased almost to a tempest, and the immense area was one body of flames. The remaining wing, the east, shared the fate of the others, and with it the houses and shops in Sweeting's-alley, forming cart of the main building. The firemen again got on to the roofs of the houses on the op posite side of Sweeting's-alley with their hose and branch pipes connected with eight powerful engines, and directed a plentiful supply of water over the shops and houses below them, by which they were kept cool, and prevented from igniting. The eastern wing of the Exchange, like the others, was soon reduced to a heap of ruins, the flames spreading from floor to floor, and from one story to the other. Tho roaring of the elements, the falling of huge timbers, and the noise of the engines, occasionally inter mingled with the shouts of the firemen and assistants, were almost deafening. The firemen never flagged in their ef forts from the commencement of the fire, but in vain—the Exchange no longer exists—it is entirely destroyed. The walls in the interior of the Exchange fell with a tremendous crash, carrying away with them the numerous statues of the Kings and Queens who have reigned in Eng land from the time of William the Conqueror. The shell of the lofty tower still remains, but it is feared it will fall, and should it come down in the direction of the houses op posite on Cornhill, the destruction of property will be fear ful. It is but right to state that every precaution has al ready been taken by the City authorities, and no one is allowed to pass along Cornhill. At five o'clock the fire was still raging, but all apprehension of danger to the surround ing buildings was at an end. The works of several engines at this hour, were so contracted by the frost, that it was impossible to work them. Crowds of persons are assem bled in all parts of the city, and nothing else is talked of but the destruction of the Royal Exchange. The shops of the news-agents and booksellers, and the offices of the stock-brokers, are consumed. Several accidents occurred during the fire, and one man, who received very severe injuries by the falling a chimney a t the south-west angle of the building, was removed to the hospital. Serious as the loss of this noble building must be to our merchants and citizens, and the nation at large, the serious interruption the dreadful calamity must occasion to busi ness will be ten times more so. All the books and papers connected with Lloyd's, the Royal Exchange Assurance, and other mercantile companies, are, with few exceptions, destroyed. The thoroughfare over Cornhill and Thread needle-street must necessarily be closed, and a great many business transactions will be suspended. There is no cal culating the great inconvenience which must be the re sult of this great event as far as business it concerned, and the merchants and traders will for a time be deprived of their old meeting place. There is, however, too much enter Prize and sterling liberality among the citizens and the mercantile community to suffer the inconvenience to exist long, and although the destruction of the Royal 'Ex change will ever be regretted, we hope that a new Ex change will he erected, more commodious than the last, an d with greater facilities for the transaction of business than the last afforded. It is of course well known that the Gresham Committee, named after the founder of the building, Sir Thomas Gresham, are the trustees of the property, and to them will the public look with the greatest anxiety for the erection of a new Exchange, worthy of our great metropolis and the nation at large. It is rumoured among the crowd th a t th e fire had been in oper a ti on f or a considrable time before any engine was brought to the ground, which the intensity of the flames and the almost irresistible fury with which they proceed in their destructive course, would seem to corroborate. The destructio n of this building will, no doubt, produce a great sensation, not only in the City, but throughout the king dom, associated as it is with so many recollections of the commercial prosperity and greatness of the country. The business of this City, the great emporium of the world, will this day feel a check—the facility fur making com mercial appointments upon the general trade of the coun try is for the moment removed, and this will prove for once, even in the busy commercial haunts of the City, a dies non. The Lord Mayor and many gentlemen connected with the Royal Exchange and the Gresham Committee were to be observed in places of imminent danger directing the operation s of the firemen, many of whom exhibited great and daring feats of intrepidity. Many surmises were afloat among the assembled multitude as to the origin of the fire and place it ori g inated at. Some asserting that it emanated from Lloyd's Subscription-room, and others at the Royal Exchange Assurance-office ; but how, or by what means, was a mystery, although it was rumoured that it was sup posed to be the work of an incendiary. A lefty mast-like piece of timber that surmounted the building known as the Grasshopper, the armorial bearng, we believe, of the Founder, Sir Thomas Gresham, seemed for a short time to avoid, or resist the flame, but that, with the remaining portion of the roof, at length fell in, and it was curious to mark the sudden increased outbreak of the fire at the moment, as it arose as if in exulting triumph at its success in destruction. The present is scarcely a time to speculate on the loss to the public or individuals which will accrue from this calamity. Without a more intimate knowledge of the particulars than can at present be ob tained, it is impossible to conjecture what quantities of valuable documents may have been destroyed. FURTHER PARTICULARS (FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) (THIS DAY—TWELVE O'CLOCK). The fire is still raging, and the greatest activity is re quired on the part of the firemen to keep it from getting a-head in different parts. All avenues to the scene are blocked up from the intrusion of the public, except to those who have places of business in the neighbourhood. The regulations of the Police for the protection of the engines are most excellent. Everything presents one mass of de struction. The Clock -tower, which is the only part of the building standing, presents a very dangerous appearance, the greater part of the interior foundation of which i; burned away. The pillars, supporting the cupola of the tower, are half destroyed. Many of the merchants carrying on busi ness in the different apartments of the Exchange have lost every thing. Many of them residing in the country, a delicicy was entertained in breaking open their apartments, in order to save their property. The fire is supposed to have originated in the kitchen at Lloyd's. All business in the City seems at a complete stand-still, and nothing is talked about but the fire and its origin. LLOYD'S. We are most happy in stating that the general under standing is, that the whole of the books and ♦aluable docu ments at Lloyd's have been saved ; and a notice has just been put up in different parts, that the business of that establishment will be carried on at the Jerusalem Coffee-house. In the wall of part of the ruins at the North East end a largo iron chest can be plainly seen which is supposed to contain some valuable docu ments. The ingress and egress to and from the Bank is very difficult, not only in consequence of the regulations to keep off the crowd, but from the vast quantity of water that is kept flowing through the street i❑ order to supply the engines. In every turn you take you meet some one or other. carrying the books and papers that were saved by placing them in St. Bartholomew's Church, to another place of safety. ONE O'CLOCK. The neighbourhood of the late Royal Exchange has been most crowded during the whole morning, both with most anxious sufferers and vast crowds of idlers, who come to hear the speculations which are afloat respecting the origin of what every one must acknowledge to be an awful ca lamity, for the arrangements made by the Lord Mayor, and other City Magistrates, effectually prevent any in terruption being offered to the firemen, who are still work ing in the most praiseworthy manner. We are very sorry to say that the tradesmen around the Exchange have lost nearly every thing. The public Companies who had offices in the buildings, must also be great sufferers, but much of their property, consisting of documents, which are usually kept in fire-proof safes, will still be saved. We saw ten of these safes carried from the ruins into the Bank, where there is an extra number of the guards on duty. One of these was of immense size, and was confidently reported to belong to Lloyd. It was not found till half-past 12. We have as yet (one o'clock) been unable to learn as to the truth of the report. The Committee are now sitting at the Jerusalem Coffee House. Their determination as to their future proceedings, has not yet transpired. The engines are still playing upon the ruins. The whole area of the Exchange is filled with ruins which occasionally break out, but are immediately put out. The following is a list of a small portion only of the sufferers by the conflagration at the Royal Exchange : CORNHILL FRONT. Chappell, newsvender, all destroyed. Wilson, bookseller, ditto. Blight and Burrup, stationers, ditto. Graves, tobacconist, ditto. Lett, stationer, ditto. SWEETING'S ALLEY. Jessop, stationer, stock and building consumed. Barker, hatter, ditto, . ditto. Button, confectioner, ditto, ditto. Dignance, hatter, ditto, ditto. Venn and Son, notaries, ditto, ditto. French and Co., watchmakers, ditto. Pouley, print-seller, ditto, ditto. Tent, hosier, ditto, ditto. CASTLE ALLEY. Boughton and Grinstead, stock-brokers, all destroyed. Peake, English and Foreign broker, ditto. Davis, stock-broker, • ditto. Foster and Son, brokers, ditto. Sutton, Son, and Gribble, ditto. Dundee and Perth Steam Packet Office, ditto. Bethell, stationer, ditto. Withers and Scorer, Royal Exchange Fire-office, Williamson, watchmaker, Lloyd's Coffee-house, ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. One poor fellow has been conveyed to the surgeon's with a cut head, occasioned by the falling of sonic of the wall at the corner of Sweeting's-alley. That is the only serious accident that we at present have heard of. THREE O'CLOCK. Although all fear of any further extension of the fire may be now safely at an end, yet large portions of the burning ruins, consisting of immense beams of timber and rafters, &c., may be still seen breaking out and emitting immense volumes of smoke. At two o'clock Mr. Alderman Humphrey and Mr. Al derman Copeland wereactively engaged in giving directions to the firemen in subduing the flames, and to the police in keeping persons who had got inside the barriers, from venturing too near the remains of this once noble edifice. It is worthy of remark, that the statue of Sir Thomas Gresham, in the centre of the square, which is surrounded by piles of hugs stones which had the appearance of unslacked lime on which water has been thrown, remains uninjured. The only figure now remaining in the niches is that of Mr. Alderman Barnard. Placards are posted in every street in the City, stating that the Lord Mayor has ordered the Guildhall to be thrown open for the accommodation of merchants who attend the Exchange. SECOND EDITION. FOUR O'CLOCK. The crowd which throughout the day had been immense, has now received a great accession, in consequence of the shutting up of public offices and merchants' counting houses, the clerks of the latter being very naturally anxious to see the remains of those offices in which they have trans acted so much business. The fire has not yet been extin guished, and the firemen still continue their very laborious exertions ; still, however, as they succeeded in putting out the flames in one spot, they burst out afresh in another. These are, we are,happy to say, very trifling alarms, and none of them have the slightest tendency to endanger other premises. It may be a curious fact to be known to some of our speculative readers, that the dial of the clock to wards the north (the Bank side) stands at 25 minutes past one o'clock, while the opposite dial (or south) stands at five minutes past two—we suppose indicating the exact time at which the devouring element reached them respectively. We have just heard from a gentleman who was on the spot during the whole of the inclement night, that a poor man lost his life from the falling of the vane at the north west corner of the building. The Guildhall has now closed. It has been very spar ingly used by mercantile men. The greater part of the business has been transacted in the great Coffee-houses, which have been thrown open on the present occasion. FIVE O'CLOCK. Darkness having now set in, the firemen are as busy as ever, because they now see plainly where their exer tions are most wanted. The fire rages all over the place amongst the ruins, and the portico in Cornhill, which before had partially escaped, is now entirely gutted. The only part :which has the appearance of entireness in the slightest degree is the shop of Mr. Effingham Wilson. Mr. Alderman Copland, who has been most indefa tigable all day, has just put on his evening dress, i❑ order by his presence to give regularity to the proceedings of the police and firemen. His conduct has been above all praise. It is a curious spectacle to see the fire raging, while in many places the icicles are hanging from the windows, and that side of the building in Sweeting's-alley is one entire mass of of ice. The firemen are now as they used to be, also watertnen, as they are literally working above their ancles in water. While we write there is a van loaded from the Sun Fire-office with books and papers belonging to that Establishment, although from our observation we should confidently say that there is no ground for any apprehension of an extension of the calamity. It is as yet totally impossible to say what property has been destroyed, in fact, any attempt at an estimate now would prove per fectly fallacious. We have not heard of any further accident. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 9. The Cotton trade here was in a more improved state this day, and several sales were made in American and Brazils, at slightly higher rates ; a fair amount of business was transacted, there being about 2,500 bags sold. JAN. 10. The business effected thisday 4 ;as to pretty fair extent, and prices were firmly maintained, notwithstanding the late arrivals, being f,irly under offer, and holders still parting with their stock very readily. The entire transactions amount to 3,000 bags :---2,600 American ; 150 Pernam, 9 9i ; 100 Egyp tian, 81 91 ; 50 Maranham, 91 ; 100 Surat, 5 + LIVERPOOL CORN-MARKET, JAN. 9. The importation of Grain from Ireland and coastwise con tinues to be very light. Flour and Oatmeal however are in good supply. This day's market was well attended both by dealers and millers. There was a scarcity of new Irish Wheat of superior quali- ties, and there being a lively demand fur this dew cription, an also for Irish red, nearly all the samples offerint," were dis posed of, and an advance has been established of 24 Per 70Ibs. since Friday last. Old Irish is likewise 2s. per 7016. 1 . dearer, but the sales were not so extensive. Irish and Scotch Barley was in middling request, and there was an enquiry for Englis.b, but at pres?nt there is none4n the , market. Flour was furt better request and realized 6d. to Is. per sack on Friday's currency. Oatmeal also brought full rates, but Oats zero heav) sale, and rather lower. WINDSOR-WEDNESDAY. Viscount Duncannon and Lord John Russell. to. ether w;th Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, inspected the whole of the castle yes terday. Lady Portman, as Lady in Waiting, upon her Msjesty for the present month arrived yesterday. Mr. and Lady C. Digby and Viscount Palmerston also ar rived yesterday. The Queen lies not been out either yesterday cr to day. The Royal dinner party yesterday evening consisted of the Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Duncannon, and the Hor!. Miss Pon sonby, Viscount - Palmerston, Lady Portman, Hon. Mrs. Campbell, Viscount Torrington, Hon. Mr. a:•.d Miss Murray, Mr. and Lady C. Digby, Lord and Lady John Russell, Hon. Misss Davys, Leycester, and Cavendish ; Hon. Col. Grey, Baroness Lehzcn, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Baron S:.ock mar, &c. It is now arranged that the Court shall leave Windsor for Buckingham Palace on Tuesday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY EyE2mva. CHESTER TRADE CUP. 10 to 1 on the field—offered 11 to 1 agst Mr. 2%lostyn's Birdlime 11 to 1 agst General Yates's Sylvan 11 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland 15 to 1 agst Captain Lamb's Chit Chat—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Walters's Prime Warden—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lord Stafford—taken • 25 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley—taken 26 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Potentate—taken 100 to 2 agst Lord Derby's Parolles—taken Offers to give 9 against the field, and take 10 freely THE DERBY. 0 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt 100 to 7 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Gsey Momus 15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird 16 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's c. out of Tranby's dam—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer—taken 27 to I agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—taken 100 to 3 agst Mr. Worrall's Dormouse—taken 1000 to 20 agst The Early Bird and Nin:.y winning the Derby and Oaks [OOO to 20 agst Grey Momus and Ninny for the same events—taken 200 to 4 agst D'Egville and Lord Jersey's f. Glenara for the same races—taken. Viscount Melbourne left town at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, t o a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Previous to the departure of the Noble Viscount Lord Glenclg and Viscount llowiek had interviews with his Lordship. • Captain Mason, R.N., Lad also an inter view with the Noble Viscount. • Despatches dated the 31st ult. were received yester day at the Foreign Department from Sir George Villiers, our. Ambassador at Madrid. Despatches from Lieut.-General Sir John Col. borne, Commander of her Majesty's Forces in Lower Canada, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. . . The venerable Lord Lynedoch has arrived i►r town from Paris, in excellent health. Lord John Browne, third son of the ?Jarvis of Sligo, has just been appointed Volunteer of thu first dais in her Majesty's ship Racehorse, fitting at Plymouth, from Dr. Burney's Academy, Gosport. Lord Huntingtower continues at Buckminster Park. He has lately added three considerable Lordships to his pre vious large property in the County of Leicester, viz., Gunby, Stainby, and Coston. Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart., who attained his , majority last summer, and an estate of 25,000/. per annum, still sojourns in Italy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Stephen Spring Rice arrived in Downing-street yesterday afternoon from South Hill Pat k, Berks, the seat of the Earl of Limeriek. DEATH Or SIR HENRY VACASOUR, We regret to hear that the above worthy Baronet died at his seat, Melbourne Hall, Yorkshire, on Thursday last. He was a Major-General in the army. ACCIDENT TO LORD RENDLESHAIVIo—We are concerned to hear that the above Noble Lord has met with a serious accident by the overturning (owing to the eareLssnoss of the driver) of his gig in Rendlesham ITs Lordship had his collar-bone broken by the fall, but N",(3 are happy to state is going on favourably. PLAUSIBILITY OF LAWYERS.—It is related of one of our English Kings, James the First, I think, that after having, on one occasion, entered a Court before his accession to the Throne, while a very important case was before it, he was so struck with the zeal and ingenuity the Counsel dis played for his client, that, on resuming his seat, the Prince observed to a Noble Friend who was with him, that the gentle man who had just spoken had not only the justice of the case clearly on his side, but that he was one of the most humane men he had ever seen. The Counsel on the opposite side immediately rose to reply, and had not been a quarter of an hour on his legs when be evinced an equal amount of zeal and ingenuity for his client. The justice of the case seemed now to be all on the side of the client, whose cat s° the latter was advocating. The young Prince was quite confounded, and abruptly left the Court, exclaiming " IZo g ues all I rogues all I"—The Bench an d th e B ar , by th e Author of " Random Recollections." CARLISLE MAIL.—On Tuesday this mail coach, on its way to Glasgow, came, by some means which we have not beard explained, in contact with the side of a bridge about four miles from Beattock. The coach was not overturned, but such was the shock that the guard and driver were both flung from their seats with peat violence to the ground. On help coming up, they were raised in a state of insensibility, and on Wednesday they were sent back to Carlisle, still in a very dangerous state. The only passenger, a lady in the in side, stepped out unhurt. As the fore Evart of the coach was brok!ri by the accident, Mr. Wilson, of Beattock, sent on the bags in a post-chaise to Glasgow.--Glasgow Herald. SA RCOPIIA G US.—Last week, while the grave-dig ger was employed in opening a grave in Cerluke churchyard, he came to en ancient sarcophagus. On removing the lid, which was heavy, it was found to contain a human skull end other bones, and some reddish hair. The skull was very strong, and the bones proportionally large. The length of the stone is six feet, and hollowed out exactly to fit the form of the human body, the same as a person had laid himself down in the snow. On the head end of the lid were some curious cut figures in relief; and a cast has been taken of them in plaster of Paiis. How long this way have been de posited in the earth, or to whom it belonged, cannot be ascer tained; only the initials of the name, in ancient characters, arc visible on the cover.—Glasgow Herald. Mr. John Challice, the butler of Pembroke Col lege, Cambridge, who had been extremely nervous and ex citable fur some time previously, drowned himself on Tuesday near the Gr.velpit-close. GREENWICH RAIL WA Y.—The severe frost on Tuesday morning caused some of the tubes in one of the en gines to burst. This accident caused a temporary delay , during the morning in the running of the trains, but the re pair of the engine was quickly effected. This will no doubt be an useful hint to other railway Companies to keep fires al ways burning in their engines during the prevalence of frost. The well-known and splendid steam-ship, the Royal William, left the North Wall, for Belfast, on Friday, the sth inst., at four o'clock P. M., and dropped anchor in -the Lough at ono o'clock A.M. on the morning of Saturday, the 6th inst., having performed the voyage in the short space of nine hours. A very eccentric character, called Betty Darnill, was found dead in her bed at Louth en Thursday the 28th ultimo. She had about twenty coverings over her body, while her house presented a scene of wretchedness that beg gars description. At the inquest it was proved that she bad died from natural causes, and a verdict was returned ,ac cordingly —Lincoln Gazette. REMOVAL OF TILE PACKETS.--A meeting was held at the Town-hall, Falmouth, on Monday at noon, for the purpose of taking into consideration the measures that should be adopted on account of the Peninsular Steam-packet Com pany having obtained the permission of the Admiralty to run with the mails from Plymouth to Vigo. Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, instead of sailing, as they have done hitherto, ac cording to the con litions of their contract, from Falmouth. The Mayor was called to the chair, and a communication from Sir R. M. Rolfe was read to the meeting, stating that he had called on Lord Minto, and had learned from his Lord ship that the Lords of the Admiralty had positively assented to the new arrangement, and had dispensed with the article in the contract undfr which Falmouth was to be the port of arrival and departure. Several gentlemen addressed tho meeting upon the great loss which the town would experience through the removal of these vessels, and they added that such a step was likely to be the prelude of a more serious one —namely, the choice of Plymouth as the station for the steamers which arc intended to run to the West Indies, and finally the entire annihilation of the packet establishment at this port. The business was concluded by the appointment of a committee to memorialize the Admiralty on the subject.— Cornwall Gazette. The exportation of gold and silver coin from the port of London to foreign ports puring the past week, ending the oth inst., is as under : gold corn to British West Indies. 125 oz. ; New South Wales, 177 cz. ; silver, New South 2,600 oz. ; Rotterdam, 14,282 oz. In the New York Papers received to-day, we no 7 tice the death of Doctor Physick, prof.•ssor in the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania; he was in the 70th year of his ago. Oa New-Year's morning a young man, while under the influence of ardent spirits, took a wager to swim a cross the Clyde. He plunged into the water, but being unable to complete the tatk he sunk, and would have undoubtedly perished bad it not been for the timely - assistance of Mr. Bar ton, who, with his accustomed activity and humanity, rescued ,him from his perilous sAtultion.—Glasgow Herald.